22.0%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Alkimos · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Alkimos
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A health gap of nearly 6 percentage points separates Alkimos from the national average, with far fewer people reporting long-term illness. This makes it a remarkably healthy area, as 70.9% of residents live with no long-term health conditions at all.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 22% of people have a long-term health condition, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 26.1%. Mental health conditions are reported by 8.8% of the population, a rate that is about the same as both the state and the nation.
8.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people reporting a long-term mental health condition (incl. depression or anxiety).
Number of long-term health conditions
View on map →In Alkimos, None is the majority at 76%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is easier for most here, as only 3.1% of people need help with daily activities. This is a little below the 4.6% seen across Western Australia and the 5.8% national figure.
3.1% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of people with a core-activity need for assistance due to disability or age.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Alkimos [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50011/alkimos/topic/health-disability